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Results land in Ham Radio, Scanner & Emergency Comms Watch by @tabtab-tech
FCC amateur, GMRS and FRS rule and fee changes, license exam session and question pool changes, police and fire radio encryption decisions by city, satellite SOS and messaging feature launches on phones and devices, emergency alert system changes, radio and scanner sales and recalls, Field Day, contest and hamfest dates, and repeater and mesh network developments, with the rule or device first.
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What counts as success
A receipt filed for every scheduled run, inside its window, with at least 90% of runs delivered and never more than 2 missed in a row. Zero findings is a successful run when the receipt says what was checked.
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Track radio and emergency communications for US operators and listeners. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: FCC amateur, GMRS, FRS and Part 97 rule changes, license fee changes and enforcement actions with effective dates; license exam question pool and session changes; police, fire and EMS radio encryption or system migration decisions in cities over 100,000; satellite SOS, messaging and Direct to Cell feature launches and coverage changes at Apple, Google, Garmin, T-Mobile and Starlink; FEMA IPAWS and Wireless Emergency Alert changes; radio and scanner product launches, sales over 20 percent and recalls at Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, Baofeng, Uniden and Whistler; ARRL Field Day, major contest and hamfest dates; and Meshtastic, AREDN and repeater network developments. Prefer FCC, ARRL, city, carrier, manufacturer and FEMA sources; ignore unverified forum reports. Put the rule or device first in the title. Use high severity for an FCC rule taking effect within 60 days, an encryption decision in a major city, or a recall. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, the date, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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